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Man jumps off Tower Bridge into Thames on a dare, regrets it immediately

LONDON — A British YouTuber was rescued from the River Thames on Thursday after jumping off Tower Bridge in what he later said was his "stupidest idea ever."

Shah Faisal Shinwari, whose YouTube channel Carnage has more than 27,000 subscribers, leapt from the bridge following a dare from a viewer. Things quickly escalated, though, and Shinwari found himself swept up in the Thames' currents.

Posting a video of the stunt to YouTube, Shinwari admitted he regrets making the jump.

"It originally was a dare from one of my subscribers, and I attempted it as I like doing crazy shit," he wrote. "This was later very regretted by me and I realized it was the stupidest idea ever. Thanks for watching!"

"We're glad this young man regrets his actions, but we would strongly discourage anyone from doing anything like this. Jumping into the Thames from a bridge is extremely dangerous. The shock of cold water can make it very difficult to swim and strong currents can rapidly sweep people away," Wafer said.

Shortly after posting the video of the jump to YouTube, Shinwari said he would never try anything like this again.

This was my stupidest video idea to date and it will never happen again, I promise.

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